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Eighteen months after introducing new vision for Alumni Hall, Knox College reaches its $11 million goal in the fundraising drive to renovate this historic campus building.
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Knox's new Creating Opportunities and Access in Science and Technology (COAST) initiative will offer academic and financial support to students planning on careers in biology, chemistry, and biochemistry.
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According to two national surveys of business leaders, employers seek candidates who know how to think critically, communicate clearly, and navigate today's global marketplace -- all skills that Knox College outscores its peers at providing students.
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The Knox College New Plays Festival 2013 will feature works written by Knox students, faculty, and alumni in a series of readings and performances from April 12 through May 25.

Knox College awarded more than $1,750 in prizes in the 2013 Al Young Art Show. Organizing 200 art works in an array of media is a challenge, according student Katie O'Connor, who helped arrange the entries.

Knox College students Alec Freytag and Lindsey Morgan are chosen for the prestigious Kemper Scholars Program, which offers scholarships, summer internships, and leadership opportunities.

Rana Tahir, a double major in creative writing and political science, wrote dozens of poems and created 29 paintings after interviewing Kuwaiti residents about the 1990 Iraqi occupation.

Edward Dale, who double-majored in chemistry and biochemistry at Knox, is chosen for a prestigious NSF fellowship that recognizes outstanding graduate students. He is pursuing molecular research.

Antwon Martin, newspaper reporter and current George Washington Gale Scholar at Knox College, speaks at and reports on the 2013 induction ceremony, held May 2 on the Knox campus.

For the third time in three years, Knox College student Julia Ohman has been honored as a finalist in the ACM Nick Adams Short Story Contest, a regional competition for college students.

Lara Moritz '90, a television news anchor and reporter in Kansas City, Missouri, shares her journalism experiences with Knox College students.

Edward Novak 'wanted to help set this record straight' for Louis Taylor, a recently freed man who spent years in prison after being convicted of setting a fatal hotel fire. Experts now say it probably wasn't arson.

During a three-week trip, students become immersed in London's contemporary arts scene -- attending more than 50 events -- and examine its historical, social, and political contexts.

Knox College alumnus Zachary Stephenson '06 was recently recognized for his work representing LGBT students in a civil suit that helped make one Minnesota school district safer for everyone.

Knox College will award honorary degrees at Commencement 2013 to actor and comedian Ed Helms, who will deliver the Commencement Address, Knox College Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean Lawrence Breitborde, and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.